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Janet Hoek
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Public health academic, formerly marketing prof and medievalist. Went from the dark ages to the dark side before seeing the light.
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Screengrabbed, sorry the last one is a bit squeezed in #NZPol Shane Reti’s office admits chart used to justify $1.4b Health cuts ‘does not exist’ Thomas Coughlan By Thomas Coughlan

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Could you imagine inviting the Big Tobacco lobby to sit at the table and draft laws on public health? Why, yes, yes I can, thanks to the National Party coalition who not only have lobbyists in the ranks, but allow lobbyists into parliament with no oversight.

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Could you imagine inviting the Big Tobacco lobby to sit at the table and draft laws on public health?
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This is an excellent long read and it feels important. What the government is doing is awful, how it is doing it is corrosive to our democracy. The next government needs to prioritise reestablishing and entrenching constitutional norms. As well as undoing the damage. Not an easy task.

Lurching towards constitutional impropriety
Lurching towards constitutional impropriety

Opinion: Constitutional law expert and former Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer takes a deep, concerned look at the risks this Government is taking with hasty law changes

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I know this is this absolute egg bumbling through an interview like he usually does, but the notion that some people are "biologically" correct and others aren't should be concerning to pretty much everyone

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Costello’s ability to repeatedly claim official advice says the opposite to what it actually does is really quite impressive. I wonder what happens when she tries to follow instructions for assembling kit set furniture? www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

The Cabinet paper, signed off by New Zealand First MP Costello, showed it was not even clear whether the tax break would be passed on to consumers.

"Because this product currently has a monopoly market in New Zealand, the extent to which a reduction in excise duty on HTPs would be passed on to consumers via lower retail prices is unclear," the paper noted.
In a statement the minister did say that she expected the industry to reduce the cost of its products.

"That means I'm expecting the excise reduction to pass to consumers, this is what we were advised would happen by officials and it is something we will also be monitoring," she said.
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"In a press conference ahead of the release of the report in parliament, Luxon was challenged on whether the report would cause him to rethink his policies and rhetoric towards gangs. He grew defensive and cut the press conference short" thespinoff.co.nz/politics/25-...

The shadow of a boot camp hangs over parliament
The shadow of a boot camp hangs over parliament

The prime minister promised the government would listen and change in response to abuse in state care. But the loudest words were the ones he wouldn't say.

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Janet Hoek
@janethoek.bsky.social
Public health academic, formerly marketing prof and medievalist. Went from the dark ages to the dark side before seeing the light.
150 followers131 following127 posts